IMS Electronics Recycling has changed hands, and its former owner, CP Group, has exited the e-scrap processing sector.
The processing operation was acquired this week by Transpere, an e-scrap company that operates a facility in the Dallas area.
Important assets from shuttered e-scrap company ECS Refining were snapped up by Dynamic Recycling, which emerged victorious in a courtroom bidding war last week.
The Wisconsin-based e-scrap processor will pay $330,000 for ECS's customer list and IT asset disposition inventories in California, Ohio and Texas.
Global e-scrap flows have helped China dominate lithium-ion battery recycling but have hampered similar efforts in North America, according to a recently published report.
This year, nearly two-thirds of the lithium-ion battery volume recycled globally will be done in China, according to an analysis titled "
Consumers paid record prices for Apple's iPhone X. A recent analysis shows the refurb market is doing the same.
According to liquidation services firm B-Stock, used versions of the phone have been regularly snapped up by consumers at 85 percent of the original retail price, which was $999.
This story has been updated.
Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator - their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.
The health hazard evaluations, which were conducted by the National Institute for O
Asian governments continue to tighten their restrictions on imports of scrap material, including a temporary ban on plastic in Malaysia.
The following are recent developments in the ongoing constriction of trade with Asian countries:
Malaysia's temporary ban
Malaysia has placed a three-month moratorium on im
Maria Delgado-Loubriel, who runs Legie E-Scrap Recycling in Jacksonville, Fla., faces felony charges for improper management of hazardous e-scrap.
Delgado-Loubriel, 60, was arrested July 16 with bond set at just over $10,000, according to documents from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The arrest stems from hazardous waste v
Last week, viewers around the globe got an unexpected peek at how Apple instructs company technicians to dismantle mobile devices.
IMS Electronics Recycling has changed hands, and its former owner, CP Group, has exited the e-scrap processing sector.
The processing operation was acquired this week by Transpere, an e-scrap company that operates a facility in the Dallas area.
A Norwegian proposal that aims to combat marine debris could close the door to e-plastics export markets for U.S.
Important assets from shuttered e-scrap company ECS Refining were snapped up by Dynamic Recycling, which emerged victorious in a courtroom bidding war last week.
The Wisconsin-based e-scrap processor will pay $330,000 for ECS's customer list and IT asset disposition inventories in California, Ohio and Texas.
The national recycling rate for consumer electronics has fallen 2 percentage points, according to U.S.
Global e-scrap flows have helped China dominate lithium-ion battery recycling but have hampered similar efforts in North America, according to a recently published report.
This year, nearly two-thirds of the lithium-ion battery volume recycled globally will be done in China, according to an analysis titled "
Consumers paid record prices for Apple's iPhone X. A recent analysis shows the refurb market is doing the same.
According to liquidation services firm B-Stock, used versions of the phone have been regularly snapped up by consumers at 85 percent of the original retail price, which was $999.
This story has been updated.
Bathroom doors, a water cooler handle, a refrigerator - their surfaces carried lead, cadmium and other hazardous metals, according to studies at two e-scrap facilities.
The health hazard evaluations, which were conducted by the National Institute for O
Asian governments continue to tighten their restrictions on imports of scrap material, including a temporary ban on plastic in Malaysia.
The following are recent developments in the ongoing constriction of trade with Asian countries:
Maria Delgado-Loubriel, who runs Legie E-Scrap Recycling in Jacksonville, Fla., faces felony charges for improper management of hazardous e-scrap.
Delgado-Loubriel, 60, was arrested July 16 with bond set at just over $10,000, according to documents from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
The arrest stems from hazardous waste v